[SGVLUG] A modest proposal (for the SGVLUG website)

[Matthew Campbell]

Sounds great.  I have been planning on doing maintenance for the last
several months, but it looks like my 'urgently needed' list is still >70
items so it will not percolate to the top for some more months.

Let's talk this evening.

Matt

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On Wed, Apr 11, 2012 at 9:41 AM, James McDuffie <mcduffie at pitfall.org>wrote:

> I have a modest proposal for what should be done with the SGVLUG website.
> I know that Matt and Miguel put effort into putting together a Drupal
> website, but I think I have a idea that is more maintainable given the
> structure of the club.
>
> Firstly, I do not believe that our club needs a dynamic website for its
> own sake. I believe the purpose of our club website is:
> 1. To let people know when and where we meet
> 2. Post description of upcoming topics
> 3. Archive presentations from past meetings
> 4. Link to the mailing list
>
> All of this can be done with static pages given the frequency of updates
> needed.
>
> Now that being said, these do not have to be hand edited pages or pure
> HTML. There is a growing trend of using static website generators.
> http://inessential.com/2011/**03/16/a_plea_for_baked_weblogs<http://inessential.com/2011/03/16/a_plea_for_baked_weblogs>
> http://news.ycombinator.com/**item?id=2378237<http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2378237>
>
> So with this in mind I investigated and found that using one such
> combination of generator and open source friendly website: Jekyll + Github
> we can get a pretty nice website for free. Here is why I like this
> combination:
>
> 1. Its free, no one has to shell out for hosting
> 2. Can utilize Github for user management
> 3. Can use Git for version control and essential mirror the website to
> whoever clones the repository (free backups!)
> 4. The entire website can be deployed pretty much anywhere should Github
> drop into the ocean
> 5. As long as enough people are admins there is no single point failure
> 6. Even if all the admins for the Github page suddenly disappear, anyone
> could clone the website and redeploy elsewhere
> 7. Anyone can fork the website and contribute (sending a pull request)
> without waiting for or needing direct repository access
> 8. Its pretty easy to use (IMHO)
> 9. Non-programmers and more web design centric people can contribute more
> easily
> 10. Our website is also open sourced!
>
> Stated another way I think this works best with the semi-functioning
> anarchy of the club.
>
> It requires a minimal amount of effort to be able to contribute:
> 1. Install git
> 2. Fork
> 3. Edit
> 4. Push changes
> 5. Issue pull request
>
> Even less effort for people who don't want to use Github
> 1. Install git
> 2. Clone repository
> 3. Edit
> 4. Email a patch to someone
>
> So if your still reading, I have already set up an example club website
> here:
> http://sgvlug.github.com/
>
> I think its ready to use and just needs additional stuff pulled from the
> old Joomla website.
>
> Need more information? Well here is a more detailed guide to getting
> started using a Jekyll website:
> http://jekyllbootstrap.com/**lessons/jekyll-introduction.**html<http://jekyllbootstrap.com/lessons/jekyll-introduction.html>
> http://jekyllbootstrap.com/**usage/jekyll-quick-start.html<http://jekyllbootstrap.com/usage/jekyll-quick-start.html>
>
> And for people who want to skip straight to the reference material, I
> found these pages more useful for knowing how to change the bootstrapped
> website:
> https://github.com/mojombo/**jekyll/wiki/YAML-Front-Matter<https://github.com/mojombo/jekyll/wiki/YAML-Front-Matter>
> https://github.com/mojombo/**jekyll/wiki/Template-Data<https://github.com/mojombo/jekyll/wiki/Template-Data>
> https://github.com/mojombo/**jekyll/wiki/Liquid-Extensions<https://github.com/mojombo/jekyll/wiki/Liquid-Extensions>
> http://daringfireball.net/**projects/markdown/syntax<http://daringfireball.net/projects/markdown/syntax>
> http://github.github.com/**github-flavored-markdown/<http://github.github.com/github-flavored-markdown/>
>
> Did I mention I already have a working example, that just needs a CNAME
> pointed towards it :) ?
> http://sgvlug.github.com/
>
> Now please discuss.
>
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